Many artists would agree that writing one statement to describe a body of work is an incredibly difficult thing to do. The task seems to teeter on the brink of impossibility. Producing a good image is challenging enough and even the simple act of naming an image usually proves to be difficult. Words just don't flow as naturally for many of us as they must for others. They are a difficult medium with which to work. They can be like vague landmarks of our world once removed from sight and touch. Sometimes they can even be like faded signs, unintelligible and pointing in the wrong direction. The infrequent happenstance when words make the connection to our world of senses is always delightful, but it is, for some of us, significantly rare. All the more reason the task of writing a statement about this work seems more like it is tipping off the brink into impossibility. But if words are the opposite of visual and tactile substance, there must be a way for them to coexist. Hopefully people looking at this work will see things as they haven't seen them before. Part of the goal here has to be to show things in a new light, or as the case may be, in a revealing darkness. Part of the goal has to be to strike a certain, indistinct chord that reverberates with a familiarity beyond what is seen. Sometimes the goal, or at least part of it, has to be to strive to pull ideas from the subconscious. This process, often building upon improvisational techniques, especially with more abstract work, ultimately provides the viewer with the opportunity to enjoy discovering his or her own meaning behind the image, with a wink toward's Derrida's "freeplay of the signifier." Yet another part of the goal has to be to try to reconcile the difference between opposing elements, color and monochrome, line and form, simplicity and complexity, truth and fiction, cognition and emotion.Each image is different and speaks differently, but each one has a voice. Sometimes it takes a good bit of courage to let that voice be heard. Self-doubt and prejudice nag constantly and hinder any objectivity. A clear mind is a fantasy. But each image becomes like a friend, supportive and encouraging. Sometimes they need the same in return. Images help us celebrate our joy, and hold us while we cry. We are anchored by the gift of creative vision and liberated through it. Even the less well received images have a voice. They provide perspective with which to approach the rest of the work. They have a generosity beyond that with which they were made. They are dynamic and like a dance, they change with the music.When blessed with the courage, determination, and good luck to exhibit work, it is often quite refreshing to learn that it speaks to others too. This is a cause for great pride. It is like someone heaping praise on your child. After all, the work is not you, but something that became itself through you. Like good deeds and children, it is often tempting to describe them in great detail, pointing out each feature and benefit worthy of praise, but in the end, it is usually best to let them speak for themselves. And as with raising children, family and friends prove ever so helpful with their wit, insight, honesty, encouragement, and support. I think in any statement like this, it is important to offer to them a sincere, "Thank you."

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This site houses representative images of the large and medium format photography of Robert Hallock. There is an emphasis on things often overlooked. Black and white predominates, but there are color images as well. Hopefully you will find the images relaxing as well as interesting.

An extensive photo gallery which contains photographs related to thesubjects of landscape, architecture, nature, fashion and macrophotography. The photographs are specially selected and arranged into subject-related, homogeneous single galleries